Blunt Splenic Injuries: Dedicated Trauma Surgeons Can Achieve a High Rate of Nonoperative Success in Patients of All Ages - Concepedia

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Blunt Splenic Injuries: Dedicated Trauma Surgeons Can Achieve a High Rate of Nonoperative Success in Patients of All Ages

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2000

Year

John G. Myers, Daniel L. Dent, Ronald M. Stewart, Gina A. Gray, Doug S. Smith, Jeff E. Rhodes, Harlan D. Root, Basil A. Pruitt, William E. Strodel

The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care

Abstract

Age > or = 55 years is not a contraindication to nonoperative management of blunt splenic injuries. Children with blunt splenic injuries can be successfully managed nonoperatively by nonpediatric trauma surgeons.

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